Hva betyr plantenavna tyttebær og krekling?
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Furuset, K. (2016). Hva betyr plantenavna tyttebær og krekling?. Blyttia: Norsk botanisk forenings tidsskrift. 74(4), 256–258.Abstract
In Norwegian, cowberry Vaccinium vitis-idaea is called «tyttebær» and crowberry Empetrum nigrum, «krekling». The berries are edible, but cowberries are sour and crowberries are tasteless, and probably both names are pejorative in a humorous way. The prefix in «tyttebær» is a nickname which means woman who is fussing and talking continuously, while «krekling» means weakling, poor creature.